Improvement in bed-bottoms



M. B. TOWSLEE.

Improvement in Bed-Bottoms.

No. 116,237. Y Patentedjune 20,1871! Winin v I v V fly gf z uur. V 1' /WUNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MOSES B. TDOWSLEE, OF PEWAMO, MICHIGAN.

IMPROVEMENT IN BED-BOTTOMS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 116,237, dated June 26,1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MOSES B. TOWSLEE, of Pewamo, in the county of Ioniaand in the State of Michigan, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Bed-Bottoms; and do hereby declare thatthe following isa full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing and to the letters of reference marked thereonmaking a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementof a bed-bottom, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in whichFigure l is a plan view, and Fig. 2 a transverse section of a bedstead,showing my bedbottom.

A represents a bedstead of any desired construction. On the inner sidesof its end pieces is firmly secured a series of V-shaped or triangularblocks, B B, point up, and said point made rounded. On each, or ratheraround each, of these blocks is placed arubber band, 0, in which, underthe base of the block, the end of the bed-slat D is inserted. /The slatsD l) are thus suspended from the blocks B B by means of the rubber bands0 0. Under the center of the slats D D is a cross-bar, E, secured to thetwo outside slats, as shown.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination, with a bedstead, of the blocks B B, rubber bands 0 U,and slatsD D,

with or without the crossbar E, all constructed and arrangedsubstantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this24th day of April, 1871.

MOSES B. TOWSLEE. Witnesses:

L. G. WARNER, L. HUNGERFORD.

